Congrats Christie! So you cut out ALL carbs? What does an average day for you look like with food? I'd love to jump start my weight loss again. I seem to be addicted to carbs. Cereal is the worst when I'm at home. It's so easy and rarely does it get stuck. What's not to love about that?! Oh I know... the calories and lack of nutrition. Sigh.

I am right there with you. One of my doctors, who is treating me for tension headaches and I was having trouble sleeping, put me on Ambein. I was on this for 3 months. I didn't know exactly what it was doing to me. I have been living in a different town from my husband do to some other issues. A few weeks ago he came down to help me pack the house. The last three months have been fuzzy but I remember somethings. The last two weeks however, I don't remember anything. My hubby let me know last week that I would forget that I would take them and end up taking more than I was suppose too. Plus, when I was on this drug, I would eat anything and everything I could get my hands on. Needless to say, I have gained around 30 to 40 pounds in the last three months. When he told me how I had behaved as well as my eating during this time, I stopped taking them and flushed them that day. I called my doctor and told him everything that had happened. He is now hoping that the Ambein at least kicked started my body to go to sleep at night now so he doesn't want me to take anything for a week. The good news is that my hubby did tell me and I fixed the issue and I am sleeping again without meds. That is the happiest thing in my book. Now, I have to get back on track, use fitday each day, walk on the treadmill again since I got it back in my apartment. The only thing I am having trouble with now, is my late night snacks. I guess my mind got use to getting them again and it is a fight not to eat fruits, cheese and crackers, and other goodies after dinner. I am going to work and get back down. I know I will mess up here and there, hey, we are only human. I am going to start coming here again for support. I hope things work out for you as well as all of us who have slide back some. Toni

Here is my latest post in my WLS journal.... the day started out so well too. Well I haven't lost any weight since my last post... in fact, I've gained weight. I'm now at 170. This is no doubt due to the increased amounts of soda, cookies, chips, ice cream, etc.... I've been consuming. Bad Jessica!!!! I've been trying to work out more and I want to start riding my bike and running/walking outside after work. My biggest issue is food and water. Small detail right? Honestly though I feel like I need to relearn everything in order to start back on track to losing weight. I have 35 pounds to lose now and if I could go without food and still maintain full functional health I would. Oh yeah and if I had the will power to pass by all the yummy food and say NO I could do that.... I can't & I don't. Sigh. I started seeing a therapist a couple months ago to try to work out my body image issues but I'm going to switch therapists as this one seems like she's falling asleep when I'm talking. (Eyes slowly closing and everything!) I also don't feel like she really cares about what will work in my life. I have to keep telling her that the reason I can't plan to have celery as a snack is because I don't like it and I will never buy it. She seems to think this isn't a big deal. She tells me "not all food has to taste good".... ummm - YEAH IT DOES! Who is this woman??? Anyway - I'm going to try to make small changes and see if that works instead of making them all at once. I'm totally panicing inside when I think that I can only eat this at this time and I can't have anything else until this time and OMG no more soda ever.... I've already broken down today and had 2 fun size candy bars, 4 Hershey Kisses and now a bottle of Caffeine Free Diet Coke. So much for restrictions eh? On the bright side, I had a cup of green beans and shrimp for lunch so that was under 250 calories. Baby steps.... baby steps.... baby steps....

I'm right there with y'all. It's really ahrd to stay on track. Now I know why Carnie Wilson's second book was titled "I'm Still Hungry". I had lost down to my lowest of 148, and am now at 162......so I have gotten back on track to try to lose this 12 pounds before we go to the beach next month. I'm just glad I am not the only one. Let's encourage each other to be LOSERS again! Thanks for sharing, it got me outta my lurk mode! Love, Stacey 276/162/148

Hey Donna, Boy do most of us know how you feel. It is so much easier to eat now and we have to remind ourselves that...just because we can...doesn't mean we should. One thing I did last summer after a 10 lb gain was put myself back onto the plan and make a ceiling. A ceiling that I wouldn't let myself get above before putting myself back on plan. This tool works so well. I've probably been back up to that dang ceiling 3 times. I want to kick myself everything too. But, I get back to my plan and the weight falls right back off. I had lost back down to 146, my all time low, right before my breast lift last month. But, after the surgery carbs just seemed so much easier with the nausea. So, back off the wagon I fell. This weekend I realized to that ceiling of 155 I was once again. So, I'm going to the grocery store today to stock up on meat, veggies, cheese, and fruit. I will do my 2-3 oz of meat at the start of EVERY meal and veggies. I will do fruit, cheese, and nuts in small amount for snack or after my meat at meals. I too am hoping to get back to exercise after tomorrow. I have a meeting with my surgeon tomorrow and hope he releases me for all exercise. I'm turning soft for sure. Good Luck Donna!!!!!!!!! Christie 245/155/138 p.s. If you are a female looking into a breast lift and would like to see before and after pics email me.